Marcin Fleszar, piano

Born in Poland in 1985, Marcin Fleszar started playing piano at the age of seven. In 2011 he obtained a soloist diploma from the Bern University of the Arts, having graduated in piano, organ and pianoforte. Marcin has been invited to take part in many festivals and has won several prestigious awards, including first prize at the 9th Concours d’Interprétation Musicale de Lausanne and third prize at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Szafarnia, Poland. He has gained precious guidance and inspiration from his participation in master classes with such leading musicians as Robert Levin, Elisso Virsaladze, Dimitri Bashkirov, Alexandre Tharaud and Alexander Gavrilov. His commitments include tours as a soloist in Spain, Poland, Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland, and appearances in duo with Polish violinist Agata Raatz. This was followed by his debut recital at the Swiss Chamber Music Festival of Adelboden. He is also the laureate of the Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition in Bern. Marcin and Agata have been working together since 2009 under the name Raatz-Fleszar Duo.

In 2013, he entered the piano section of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, under the direction of Maria João Pires.